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Rinko Kawauchi Biography
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Born in Shiga, Japan, 1972.
Lives and works in Tokyo.
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Graduated Seian University of Art and Design (ex Seian Women’s College)
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2014
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Rinko Kawauchi Exhibitions in 2014
New Pictures 9: Rinko Kawauchi, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis (solo)
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2013
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Rinko Kawauchi Exhibitions in 2013
Light and Shadow, KAGIYA Building 4F Gallery, Hamamatsu Ametsuchi, Aperture Gallery, New York (solo)
Light and Shadow, msc Gallery, Doshisha Women's College of Liberal Arts, Kyoto Ametsuchi, Rose Gallery, Santa Monica Illuminance, Christophe Guye Galerie, Zurich (solo)
Exhibition of the 29th Higashikawa Award Winners, Higashikawa Bunka Gallery, Hokkaido The Aesthetics of Photography - Five Elements Collection Exhibition
Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo
Fotografia Europea, Reggio Emilia, Italy
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2012
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Rinko Kawauchi Exhibitions in 2012
Illuminance, Ametsuchi, Seeing Shadow, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo (solo)
Light and Shadow, TRAUMARIS, Tokyo (solo)
Daegu Photo Biennale 2012, Daegu, Korea
Deutsche Börse Photography Prize 2012, The Photographers’ Gallery, London and Co Berlin, Berlin
To Wander a Garden, The Vangi Sculpture Garden Museum, Shizuoka, Japan
Visible / Invisible, Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Aichi, Japan
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2011
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Rinko Kawauchi Exhibitions in 2011
A Glimmer in Silence, FO.KU.S Kunst Stadtforum, Innsbruck, Germany (solo)
Illuminance, FOIL GALLERY, Tokyo (solo)
Illuminance, Gallery at Hermès, New York (solo)
murmuration, Rose Gallery, Los Angeles (solo)
FotoGrafia - Festival Internazionale di Roma, Roma
Fotofestival Mannheim Ludwigshafen Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany
Le Mois de la Photo à Montréal, Montréal, Canada
Colloquy and Soliloquy, Mountain Fold Gallery, New York
Bye Bye Kitty!!! Between Heaven and Hell in Contemporary Japanese Art curated by David Elliott, Japan Society, New York
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2010
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Rinko Kawauchi Exhibitions in 2010
The eyes, the ears, Kunstverein Augsburg e.V., Augsburg (solo)
A Glimmer in Silence, Galeria Priska Pasquer, Cologne (solo)
AILA, Seian University of Art and Design, Shiga (solo)
Iridescence, Meessen De Clercq, Brussels (solo)
Rinko Kawauchi: Transient Wonders, Everyday Bliss – Photography, Video and Slides, ARGOS Centre for Art and Media, Brussels (solo)
The 6th Lianzhou Photography Festival, Lianzhou, China
Brighton Photo Biennial 2010 New Documents curated by Martin Parr, Brighton, UK
Summer Loves, Huis Marseille, Amsterdam
Kassel Fotobook Festival 2010, Documenta Halle, Kassel
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2009
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Rinko Kawauchi Exhibitions in 2009
Condensation, Mountain Fold Gallery, New York (solo)
a pause, GALLERY TRAX, Yamanashi (solo)
Touch the World Borderless, Art Museum NO-MA, Shiga
Photography Now China, Japan, Korea San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco
Parrworld (touring), Jeu de Paume, Paris, BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead
FotoGrafia Festival International in Roma Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome
Verdure! New Acquisitions and Related Works of the Collection, Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Aichi
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2008
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Rinko Kawauchi Exhibitions in 2008
Rinko Kawauchi, presente par Antoine de Vilmorin, Paris (solo)
Cui Cui, The Vangi Sculpture Garden Museum, Shizuoka (solo)
Semear, FOIL GALLERY, Tokyo (solo)
UTATANE, Galeria Pepe Cobo, Madrid (solo)
Blooming: Brazil-Japan Where You Are, Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Aichi Parrworld, Haus der Kunst, Munich
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2007
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Rinko Kawauchi Exhibitions in 2007
Cohan and Leslie, New York (solo)
Semear, Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, São Paulo (solo)
AILA + the eyes, the ears, Fotografins Hus, Stockholm (solo)
AILA + the eyes, the ears, Hasselblad Centre, Göteborg (solo)
Curator’s Choice ’07: Museum Dialogues, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo
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2006
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Rinko Kawauchi Exhibitions in 2006
AILA + the eyes, the ears, FOTOGRAFISK CENTER, Copenhagen (solo)
Galerie Priska Pasquer, Cologne (solo)
AILA + the eyes, the ears, Galeria Carla Sozzani, Milan (solo)
Rinko Kawauchi, The Photographers’ Gallery, London (solo)
A to Z by Yoshitomo Nara + graf, Yoshii Brick House, Aomori
PHotoEspaña 2006, Madrid
Collection of the Foundation Cartier pour l’art Contemporain, Museum Contemporary Art, Tokyo
Whisper not!, Huis Marseille, Amsterdam
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2005
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Rinko Kawauchi Exhibitions in 2005
AILA + Cui Cui + the eyes, the ears, Foundation Cartier pour l’art Contemporain, Paris (solo)
AILA, Kanaz Forest of Creation, Fukui (solo)
AILA, Cohan and Leslie, New York (solo)
Cui Cui, QUATRE Florence (solo)
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2004
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Rinko Kawauchi Exhibitions in 2004
AILA, California Museum of Photography, UC Riverside (solo)
UTATANE, Cohan and Leslie, New York (solo)
AILA, Little More Gallery, Tokyo (solo)
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2003
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Rinko Kawauchi Exhibitions in 2003
HANABI, white cube, Kyoto (solo)
HANABI, Little More Gallery, Tokyo (solo)
Blue, Rocket Gallery, Tokyo (solo)
Rinko Kawauchi, 4F Gallery, Los Angeles (solo)
Wacall photo exhibition, SPIRAL GARDEN, Tokyo (solo)
UTATANE, vonrot gallery, Berlin (solo)
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2002
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Rinko Kawauchi Exhibitions in 2002
HANABI, Little More Gallery, Tokyo (solo)
UTATANE, Colette, Paris (solo)
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2001
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Rinko Kawauchi Exhibitions in 2001
UTATANE, Parco Gallery, Tokyo (solo)
HANABI, Gray, Tokyo (solo)
HANAKO, Little More Gallery, Tokyo (solo)
HIBI, Aki-Ex Gallery, Tokyo (solo)
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2000
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Rinko Kawauchi Exhibitions in 2000
HITOIKI, Light Works, Kanagawa (solo)
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1998
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Rinko Kawauchi Exhibitions in 1998
UTATANE, Guardian Garden, Tokyo (solo)
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| Selected Public Collections |
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The Vangi Sculpture Garden Museum, Shizuoka
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Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Aichi
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Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo
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Foundation Cartier pour l’art Contemporain, Paris
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Huis Marseille, Amsterdam
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Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, São Paulo
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San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco
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| Literature |
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2014
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The Photobook: A History, Vol. III by Martin Parr and Gerry Badger (Phaidon, London)
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2011
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Top 25 Women Photographers (Dumont, Cologne)
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2010
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ONE DAY (Kehrer, Germany)
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2009
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The Photograph as Contemporary Art by Charlotte Cotton (Thames and Hudson, London)
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2007
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Photo Art. Photography in the 21st Century by Uta Grosenick and Thomas Seelig (Aperture, New York)
Tokyo Book (Rizzoli, New York)
The Genuis of Photography – How Photography has changed our lives by Gerry Badger (Quadrille Publishing, London)
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2006
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Vitamin Ph: New Perspectives in Photography by T.J. Demos (Phaidon, London)
The Photobook: A History, Vol. 2 by Martin Parr and Gerry Badger (Phaidon, London)
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2005
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things as they are: Photojournalism in Context Since 1995 by Mary Panzer, Christioan Caujolle and WORLD PRESS PHOTO (Chris Boot LTD, London)
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2004
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Every day as a child from the film “Nobody Knows” (Sony Magazine, Tokyo)
The Photobook: A History, Vol. 1 by Martin Parr and Gerry Badger (Phaidon, London)
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